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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 January 2013
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are carried out to understand the mechanisms of damage production and recovery near grain boundaries in β-SiC under neutron irradiation. Our investigations show that the damage generated by radiation is reduced by the presence of a ∑9{122}[110] tilt grain boundary. Directional displacements which are averaged over an isoconfigurational ensemble are used to characterize the statistical nature of atomic mobility near the grain boundary.